Housing
Homeless for the Holidays… Again
More than 22,000 children will be sleeping in homeless shelters this holiday season. And some of these children spent the holidays homeless last year too; the average length of stay in shelter for families with children is now 409 days.[1] (Click to en …
Know the Facts. Share the Facts. Be Part of the Solution.
You may have heard about it at our Celebration Breakfast at the Waldorf Astoria. You may have read about it on Facebook or Twitter. You may have seen for yourself at a community education course, an advocacy event, or in our Keeping Track of New York C …
CCC Testimony: Examining the Use of Cluster Sites as Temporary Shelter for the Homeless
CCC testified about the City’s increased use of cluster site shelters to house homeless families, and made recommendations on how to reduce the City’s record levels of homelessness, at a New York City Council General Welfare Oversight Hearing on Octobe …
CCC Testimony: Overview of DHS’ Homebase Evaluation
CCC testified about the City’s homeless prevention program, Homebase, the recent findings that the program reduces shelter stays, and made recommendations on how to reduce the City’s record levels of homelessness, at a New York City Council General Wel …
City Budget Restores Proposed Cuts to Children’s Services
While the Mayor’s Budget had proposed to cut over $210 million of city funding from children’s programs, including the elimination of over 47,000 child care and after-school slots, the City Council was able to negotiate a budget that restored the fundi …
CCC’s Summary of Actions Taken to Restore Services for Children in City Fiscal Year 2014
The City Council and the Mayor negotiated an Adopted Budget for City Fiscal Year 2014 that essentially restored funding for all of the Mayor’s proposed cuts to children’s services. This includes the restoration of funding for over 47,000 child care and …
